12 Sep, 2021
10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor After A Stroke
Sometimes it can be hard to know the right questions to ask your doctor after having a stroke, especially if you’re dealing with brain fog…
15 Aug, 2021
7 Tips to Improve Neurofatigue
Neurofatigue can be a bear to deal with, and it’s not like regular fatigue. It can be ongoing and cause both physical and mental exhaustion.…
12 Aug, 2021
Are You Disabled?
A physical deficit may be permanent but whether we are disabled changes depending on the expectations and resources in a specific environment (1). Let me…
04 Aug, 2021
Practical Guide to Giving Assistance
Activities of daily living (ADLs) evaluations divide assistance into mimimal, moderate, and maximal. The Functional Independence Measure defines these levels by the percentage of a…
19 Jul, 2021
I Am Angry
An article in Stroke magazine made me angry. The authors found they could predict independent walking three months after a stroke based on early status after…
17 Jul, 2021
Global Warming for Dummies (There Really Is a Book Called That) and the Subsequent Stroke
If you haven't been under the proverbial rock, you have some idea of what global warming is. First, some background dummied down for the population--of…